Autographic-message register or memorandum-tablet.



W. H. JACKSON.

AUTOGEAPHIO MESSAGE REGISTER OR MEMORANDUM TABLET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 191a.

1,106,71 1, Patented Aug. 11, 19M

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W. H. JACKSON. AUTOGRAPHIG MESSAGE REGISTER OR MEMORANDUM TABLET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITHO. WASHINGTON, 0. CI

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON, 0F HALIFAX, ENGLAND.

AUTOGRAQPHIC-MESSAGE REGISTER OR MEMORANDUM-TABLET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY J ACKSON, residing at Halifax, in the county of York, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic- Message Registers or Memorandum-Tablets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The subject of this invention is an improved autographic message register or memorandum tablet of the type in which one or more ribbons or strips of paper are drawn from a roll or rolls over a writing tablet- The object of this invention is to provide a support for a continuous strip of paper, which may be arranged adjacent to a telephone receiver, and which will be firm and rigid and not liable to get out of order or to let. the paper slip unexpectedly.

The said invention will readily be understood upon an inspection of the accompanying drawings wherein Figure l is a side elevation of the tablet attached to a desk stand and comprising a single coil of paper. Fig. 2 is an inverted planflshowing the underside of the tablet and its appurtenances detached from the stand. Fig; 3cis a perspective or isometrical View of the same illustrating the method of releasing the paper. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the tablet combined with a wall bracket. Figs. 5 to 7 illustrate a modification wherein a second coil or roll of paper is employed for duplicating purposes, Fig. 5 being-a central vertical section, Fig. 6 a side elevation, and Fig. 7 a plan of the tablet taken in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 6.

Referring firstly to' Figs. 1 to 3, the reference numeral 1 indicates the desk stand, to which the tablet 2 is secured in any suitable manner, as for instance by a screw passing through the projecting end 3 of the crossbar 4, which cross-bar is riveted or otherwise secured to the tablet. In the tablet are two slots 5 and 6 (see Fig. 3),, and at the top thereof is a spring pencil clip 7. The slot 5 is arranged at the front end portion of the desk whichcomes nearest to the person writing on it, and under which the sup: ply roll of paper 16, hereinafter more fully described, is also arranged. The slot-6 is arranged at the rear end portion of the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 2, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.. Serial N 0. 765,076.

desk, on the opposite side of the cross-bar 4 from the slot 5, said cross-bar being arranged at about the middle part of the length of the desk. On the cross-bar 4 are two lugs, 8 and 9, connected by a pin 10, on which pin are hinged two frames 11 and 12. On the frame 11 are a project-ion 13, a finger piece 14, and arms 11 and 11*, each of such arms being dished or grooved at the end for the reception of the spindle 15 of a coil or roll of paper 16. Lugs 17 and 18 are provided on these arms to prevent lateral movement of the spindle and roll. On the frame 12 are a finger piece at 20, and a projection 21 slmil'ar to the projection 13 on the frame 11. A spring 22 on the pin 10 engages the I the tendency of this spring is to press the frames 11 and 12 t0 ward the tablet 2, and the T head 23 of the frame 12 puts a frictional tension on the paper passing through the slot 6 after having traversed the writing space or exposed side of the tablet 2 between the slots 5 and 6. The finger-pieces l4 and 20 are arranged at the middle part of the width of their respective frames, and when one of them is pressed it retracts its frame without twisting it. The frames are pressed upwardly with uniform pressure, so that the paper is not gripped. more tightly on one side of the tablet than on the other. hen a memorandum is completed, the paper is taken between the finger and thumb and drawn forward through the slot 6, a fresh supply from the roll 16 following through the slot 5 and over the tablet; the part written on can then be cut or torn off by jerking it against a cutting edge at the end of the tablet near the slot 6. In order to deflect the paper away from the cutting edge, so that the end of the paper may be easily gripped and drawn onward, a rib, 2 (see Fig. 2) is provided on the tablet 2 between the T head 23 and the cutting edge. When the roll 16 is nearly exhausted, or for any other reason has to be removed, the finger pieces 20 and 14 are slightly pressed toward each other as indicated in Fig. 3, when the roll can be lifted off the arms 11, 11 and the paper (from which the tension is now removed) drawn after it through the slots. A fresh roll can then readily be inserted and the paper of the new roll threaded through the slots 5 and 6 as before. When it is desired to secure the device to a wall, as for example adjacent to a wall telephone, it can simply casionally required,

if to the desk stand 1.

1 V on the traveling paper.

1 ofthe paper spindles may rest in down in front of the door 28, as

dotted lines in Fig. 6. This frame 32 car be unscrewed from the stand 1 and screwed sired, by employing an additional coil of on to the wall bracket 25 as shown in Fig. t, its action being precisely the same, or if desired the device may be attached to the'telephone itself by a clamp or clip or other suitable means.

" Where duplicate copies are always or octhe device comprises a box or casing 26 containing two rolls of aper 16 and 27, and, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the tablet with the box attached can still be secured as before mentioned to a wall bracket 25; or, if desired, it can be attached In this case the paperholding frame 11 is dispensed with, being replaced by a frame 12 similar to the frame 12 previously described, for putting tension A hinged door 28 may be applied to the front of the box, with spring clips 29 at each side to keep it in position until access to the rolls is desired, when the door can be let down. The ends slots or -grooves 30, 31. A frame 32- is pivoted or hinged-at 33 to the writing plate 2 in such a manner that it can either lie fiat upon the writing surface, or be turned over and hang shown in ries one of the ribbons of paper from the roll or coil 16, and also a piece of carbon paper or other suitable duplicating material laid b'etweenthis paper and thepaper from the roll 27, so that when in the position shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a duplicate copy will be made on the ribbon from the roll 27 but when such duplicate copy is not required, then by turning the frame 32 about its hinge so as to hang down as aforesaid, the surface of the paper from the roll 27 is exposed to be written on directly. The carbon paper and. duplicating strips may be secured in any convenient manner; for example, the paper drawn from the coil 27 which paper is'in these figures denoted by the numeral 34 may pass upward through a slot, over the writing table, down through a second slot "and up through a third slot, then over a deflecting rib 2 (see Fig. 7 and thence to the cutting edge. The paper from the coil 16, here denoted by the numeral 35, may pass over the hinge 33, down through a slot in the frame 32, up through a second slot in the said frame, across the central open space in the middle of the said frame, where it is written on, thence through another slot under the pencil holder 7 and over the deflecting rib to the cutting edge 36. The car bon paper 40 which lies under the paper 35, may be secured by hinged bars 37, 38 engaging the edges 40 of said carbon paper which are turned over the sides of the frame the said hinged bars being adapted to engage spring catches or clips 39 onthe frame 32. Atriplicate copy may be obtained, ifjde transparent paper passing into the hinged frame along with the paper 35 but below same. i

' Claims: Y 1. In a writing tablet, the combination, with a' tablet provided with downwardly projecting lugs and having a slot for the paper at its rear end portion, of a pin extending between the said lugs, a frame pivoted to the said pin and projecting beyond thesaid slot and having a downwardly projecting finger-piece arranged at an operative distance to the rear of the said pin, and-a spring mounted on the said pin. andqpressing the free end portion of the said frame toward the underside of the tablet to clip the paper which has been drawn through the saidslot. J r Y 2 In a writing tablet, the: combination, with a tablet provided with downwardly projecting lugs and. having aslot for the paper at its front end portion, of a pin ex tending oted to the said pin and provided with bearings at its free end portion and havingalso a downwardly projecting finger piece, arranged'at an operative distance in front of the'said pin, aroll of said bearings with one end portion passing upwardly through the said slot, and a. spring mounted on the said pin and pressing the roll of paper against thedin'derside of the tablet. w

3. In a writing tablet, the combination,

with a tablet having a' downwardly project ing lugs at the middle part of its length and having slots for the paper in thefront and rear end portions tending between: the said lugs, two' frames between the said lugs, a frame pivpaper journaled in the V respectively, of a pinexpivoted to the said pin and projecting'in opposite-directions, each frame being provided with a downwardly projectingfinger piece arranged at an operativedistance. from the '7 l 1'10 rear slot, and-rthe other frame pro ecting forwardly and having bearsaid pin, one frame beingarran'ged'tofpro jectbeyond the ings at its free end portion, a roll of paper 'ournaled in the said bearings with one end portion projecting through tlie front "slot, overthe tablet, downwardly throughthe rear slot and rearwardly between the tabletand the end porire tion of the front fr'ame,"and asprmgmounted onthe 1 said pin and operating'to press 4;. In a writing tablet, thecombination, with a tablet provided with projecting lugs, a cutting-edge at itsrear both frames" toward thetabletito'liold' the 'paper'from slipping; M 1

downwardly end, a slot for the paper near its rear end, and a rib on its underside between the cutting'edge and the slot of a'pinpextending between the said lugs,

said pin and pro ecting belond, the Slaid slot a frame pivote'dito the and having a downwardly projecting finger- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, piece arranged at an operative distance to in presence of tWo Witnesses.

the rear of the said pin and a spring mounted on the said pin and pressing the free end WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON 5 portion of the said frame toward the under- Witnesses:

side of the tablet to clip the paper which LEONARD H. GRossLEY, has been drawn through the said slot. J OHN SYLvANUs BURROW.

M Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of I'atents, Washington, D. O." 

